Philip Prindeville wrote: > Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > >> On 9/19/07, Philip Prindeville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> I'm using grub, and as I said, my development (Linux) machine is remote >>> (so I can't burn the flash directly). >>> >>> I'm wondering if I can boot the net5501 box from a FreeDOS CD and then >>> use utilities on that to burn the Flash, or if there's a Linux liveCD I >>> could boot from and use that. >>> >>> Has anyone tried to use the serial port to bootstrap the box via an >>> Xmodem download to flash? >>> >>> -Philip >>> >>> >>> >> Phillip, >> >> Last I checked you wanted to use GRUB... Stay with that and use >> makeimage.sh to make an image that you can transfer off your build >> machine and burn locally. >> >> >> >> > > Hmmm.... Not working: > > % sudo -x ./makeimage.sh 64 > ... > Using default value 1 > Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-130, default 130): > Using default value 130 > > Command (m for help): w > The partition table has been altered! > > Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. > > WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid > argument. > The kernel still uses the old table. > The new table will be used at the next reboot. > Syncing disks. > + losetup -d /dev/loop0 > + ln -sf /dev/loop0 /dev/loop > + losetup /dev/loop0 disk.img > + losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop1 disk.img > ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Device or resource busy > + mke2fs -O sparse_super -L ASTROOT -m0 -q /dev/loop1 > /dev/loop1 is mounted; will not make a filesystem here! > + mkdir -p /mnt/image > + mount -t ext2 /dev/loop1 /mnt/image > mount: /dev/loop1 already mounted or /mnt/image busy > mount: according to mtab, /dev/loop1 is already mounted on /mnt/image > + cp -a build_i586/root/bin build_i586/root/boot build_i586/root/dev > build_i586/root/etc build_i586/root/home build_i586/root/lib > build_i586/root/lost+found build_i586/root/mnt build_i586/root/oldroot > build_i586/root/opt build_i586/root/proc build_i586/root/root > build_i586/root/sbin build_i586/root/stat build_i586/root/sys > build_i586/root/tftpboot build_i586/root/tmp build_i586/root/usr > build_i586/root/var /mnt/image/ > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd': No such device or address > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd4': No such device or > address > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/hdd12': No such device or > address > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/image/dev/sdd9': No medium found > ... >
Also, could sfdisk be used instead of fdisk? That way, the disk geometry can be passed in as command line args... -Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
